A Great Week...

After a very nice weekend together, it was time to get back to 'normal'. 

Tuesday I had an appointment with Dr. Pruden, the surgeon who did the Mohs Surgery on my nose. He pronounced me good to be done. The healing will continue but that will just take time. I don't cover my nose anymore. It is what it is. I'm still careful with it and continue to keep a bit of Vaseline on it so it doesn't dry out as this skin graft continues to heal and fill in a bit more. I am still experiencing problems from the reaction to the antibiotic Dr. Pruden gave me but that too is beginning to feel better. 

Thursday was a particularly full day. It began with the Georgetown Scott County Senior Center Annual Chili Cookoff. Since Claude is not running for Mayor this time, this is a year of final experiences. One of these is finals is this Chili Cookoff. The three Mayors and the Judge Executive of Scott County each donate a pot of chili. These are judged and the winner takes home a cast iron pot onto which a name plate is attached indicating their name and the year they won. Mayor Kayla Jones and Judge Executive George Lusby are also not running for re-election this year. This means that next year there will be three new people participating in this event. Mayor Prather of Georgetown will be the only one returning. 

There was a band which always plays old bluegrass/country music before the judging and eating of chili. I very much enjoyed them playing and singing. They sang some of the songs that Papa and I used to sing together so there was lots of feelings as I sat and listened and quietly sang along. They even sang a Don Williams song that Claude and I sing together. The director of the Senior Center's son also got up and sang Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star with the band. So very cute. They invited Mayor Kayla Jones to do a song with them. At the end I was even invited to sing along when they did "Ya'll Come". Great fun.

Mayor Prather won this year. We all tease him that he goes to Wendy's to get his chili.  

And this is the final crew. They have worked very well together for the last four years. Mayor Kayla Jones of Stamping Ground, Mayor Tom Prather of Georgetown, Mayor Claude Christensen of Sadieville and Judge Executive George Lusby.  

I left after the judging to go practice the organ at church. Then I went to visit Papa for the afternoon. 

I hurried home in time to change clothes for our evening adventure, Bluegrass Tomorrow's 5th Annual Celebration of the Bluegrass. This year it was held at the Castle. The reception was held on the roof top, the dinner and band were in a tent on the right side of the Castle. It was a wonderful evening. 

Woodford Reserve was invited to be the guest speaker. This is a famous bourbon distillery in Kentucky. Each seat was given three shots of different types of bourbon from Woodford Reserve. When Claude gave his opening remarks, he commented about the pending bourbon tasting and added that those of us who do not drink will meet in the parking lot to taste the difference between Coke and Pepsi. 

Sadieville had a table and most of our city officials were able to attend. Seated left to right around the table are Miriam and Brian Reese, Regina and Mike Mizell, Detta and Ken Wilson, Anson and Sandy Whelan. Claude and I sat at the Kentucky League of Cities table.  

Claude is Chair for the Board of Directors of Bluegrass Tomorrow. He was invited to make a few opening remarks. He and I sponsored the entertainment for the evening. Claude also asked the quilter's club if they had any quilts they could donate for the silent auction. One of the ladies donated a wall hanging quilt with a horse in the middle. It was done in blues and was wonderful.  

Dinner was superb. The appetizers were served during the reception. The meal was served buffet style in the tent. It began with Soup of Butternut Squash with Fresh Cream. There were two entrees. The first was Fricassee of Chicken with Thyme Veloute and Gnocchi. The second was Wild Caught Seared Salmon with a Sorghum Soy Reduction, Braised Turnip Greens and Rutabaga Puree. Claude and I both had the salmon. We both opted not to have dessert which was Bourbon Jam Cake using Woodford Reserve bourbon. The food is just so very, very good. Everything is farm to table and locally grown. 

It was a lovely day with good things filled every minute.

This morning Claude invited me to join him in the Heart Walk held at Georgetown Hospital. We walked the route three times which equals to three miles. It was cold when we started in the low 30's. We went to the Anthem booth and Claude got us each a pair of gloves to help us stay warm since we both forgot them. It was refreshing to do this walk. Fun to do it with my hubby. 

After the walk, Claude dropped me off at the nursing home to visit Papa. Claude went to Evan's Orchard to purchase some apple donuts. We like to get them once each year. Then he purchased our groceries before picking me up when it was time for Papa to go to lunch.

We were both ready for something to eat at that point. Claude took me to More Than Cake in Georgetown. They have a sandwich shop in the front and we enjoyed muffaletta sandwiches and soda for lunch. So good!! We asked the lady that owns it if they make bread. She said they have 90 different kind of bread recipes. One of these is a salt rise bread. I never heard of that kind of bread. It is a bread made with a starter. They got their starter from the local Amish people who not don't even make this bread. More Than Cake is the only one in the area who make this bread. She said she would give us a sample. It just melts in your mouth. Oh my heavens it was good. 

It's been another full and good day. We will meet upstairs this evening and enjoy a movie together while I get some more crocheting done. Grateful for good days.